BU Now » text messaging http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Text-messaging fee hikes antitrust? http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/17/text-messaging-fee-hikes-antitrust/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/06/17/text-messaging-fee-hikes-antitrust/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:55:40 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=1423 060123_blackberry_hmed_8a_hmediumFederal investigators are being asked if there’s an antitrust problem with a 100% jump in some text-messaging charges by the four companies that control most of the market — Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile.  School of Law Professor Keith Hylton, an expert in antitrust law, says it might look suspicious, “but the law requires proof of conspiracy, not merely parallel conduct.”

Contact Keith Hylton, 617-353-8959, knhylton@bu.edu

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